diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
index fae68c4c4683b..93e84751370f9 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
@@ -321,6 +321,14 @@ static u32 default_desc_template(const struct drm_i915_private *i915,
 	return desc;
 }
 
+void
+intel_context_init(struct intel_context *ce,
+		   struct i915_gem_context *ctx,
+		   struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
+{
+	ce->gem_context = ctx;
+}
+
 static struct i915_gem_context *
 __create_hw_context(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv,
 		    struct drm_i915_file_private *file_priv)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.h
index 47d82ce7ba6a6..3769438228f6b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.h
@@ -364,12 +364,8 @@ static inline void i915_gem_context_put(struct i915_gem_context *ctx)
 	kref_put(&ctx->ref, i915_gem_context_release);
 }
 
-static inline void
-intel_context_init(struct intel_context *ce,
-		   struct i915_gem_context *ctx,
-		   struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
-{
-	ce->gem_context = ctx;
-}
+void intel_context_init(struct intel_context *ce,
+			struct i915_gem_context *ctx,
+			struct intel_engine_cs *engine);
 
 #endif /* !__I915_GEM_CONTEXT_H__ */